A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Monday. The temblor was detected at 04:42:56 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 14:42:56 / May 28, 2018 @ 2:42 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.1 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70200557. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70200557. Exact location, longitude -155.4685059° West, latitude 19.203167° North, depth = 31.1 km.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km E of Pahala, Hawaii.
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